Attendance:3,110Weather:Stormy
- Match suspended for 75 minutes in second half due to lightning

In-Match Highlights

3rd minute - Temperature, 80
degrees. Breezy, cloudy, humid. Storm approaching.15th minute - Very even game, with no clear chances through 15 minutes.23rd minute - Morgan Zeba (Minnesota) is red carded in the 23rd minute
for stomping the leg of Paul Broom, after Broom had slid in on a tackle. Broom
forced out of the game and replaced by Antonio Martinez; Broom being taken to
hospital for treatment of deep gash in his leg. POSTMATCH
UPDATE: Paul Broom received 25 stitches as a result of his injury.36rd minute - Dallas scores in the 36th minute, with Jason Kreis - just
returned from U.S. National Team duty - finishing from 12 yards out on an assist
from U.S. MNT teammate Chad Deering.

HALFTIME

46th minute - Dallas is 45 minutes from eliminating the Thunder and
advancing to the quarterfinals as the match resumes for the second half.60th minute - Thunderstorms moving in. Dallas still holding onto a 1-0
lead and playing with a man advantage.77th minute - Minnesota officials have cleared the stadium because of
lightning. Both teams have left the field. Game suspended in the 77th minute.Update - Officials are saying the game will be resumed once the weather
clears. (game suspended since 8:45 p.m. CT)Update 9:40 p.m. CT- Continued weather delay (nearly 1 hour since
game was suspended at 8:45 p.m. CT).87th minute - The game resumed after a 1 hour 20 minute weather-related
delay. Dallas scored a second goal in the 87th minute to stretch the lead to
2-0. Lazo Alavanja from Martinez, 87th minute. Minnesota, playing shorthanded,
was unable to climb back into the match.

FINAL

The Dallas Burn advance to face the Chicago Fire in
the quarterfinals - a matchup pitting the 1997 champion (Dallas) vs. the 1998
champion (Chicago). Attendance in Minnesota was 3,110 in unfavorable conditions.